| Description | Date | Docket # |
| JOHN T. v. THE DELAWARE COUNTY INTERMEDIATE UNIT United States Third Circuit Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Education Law, Remedies Contempt order, based on the failure to comply with a preliminary injunction that was neither vague nor ambiguous, is affirmed under the Individuals... |
01/30/2003 | 01-3575/4206 |
| ESTATE OF SMITH v. MARASCO United States Third Circuit Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Civil Rights In a state-created danger claim under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, a jury could find that troopers placed decedent in a foreseeably dangerous position, but... |
01/29/2003 | 02-1437 |
| IN RE: PRANSKY United States Third Circuit Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Tax Law A taxpayer did not bring suit within 26 U.S.C. section 6532's two-year window of opportunity following the IRS's disallowance of his refund requests... |
01/29/2003 | 01-2132 |
| MARTINEZ-SANES v. TURNBULL United States Third Circuit Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law Three government employees did not qualify as policy-makers under Virgin Islands law; hence, their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated... |
01/28/2003 | 99-3644/4084 |
| ANTHONY v. COUNCIL United States Third Circuit Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law The district court was correct in abstaining under the Younger doctrine, in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action brought by persons under child support... |
01/27/2003 | 01-2735 |
| BROWN v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEP'T OF HEALTH EMERGENCY MED. SERVS. TRAINING INST. United States Third Circuit Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law Because states are not constitutionally obligated to provide rescue services to their citizens, nor are they constitutionally required to provide... |
01/21/2003 | 01-3234 |
| US v. WOODS United States Third Circuit Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence In a federal carjacking case, testimony as to the tracing of a vehicle identification number through a federal crime database, to establish... |
01/21/2003 | 01-3565 |
| ATKINSON v. TAYLOR United States Third Circuit Civil Rights, Government Law, Health Law Corrections officials and officers were not entitled to qualified immunity for an inmate's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and Eighth Amendment environmental... |
01/21/2003 | 01-2955 |
| UNITED ARTISTS THEATRE CIRCUIT, INC. v. TOWNSHIP OF WARRINGTON United States Third Circuit Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Government Law The Supreme Court's decision in County of Sacramento v. Lewis, 523 U.S. 833 (1998), has superseded prior 3rd Circuit decisions holding that a... |
01/14/2003 | 01-3533 |
| BANKS v. HORN United States Third Circuit Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Habeas Corpus Mills v. Maryland, 486 U.S. 367 (1988), did not announce a new rule of constitutional law for purposes of retroactivity, thus application of Mills on... |
01/14/2003 | 99-9005 |